Machu Picchu The famous Machu Picchu. At first a wasn’t all that excited to visit Machu Pi

Machu Picchu

The famous Machu Picchu. At first a wasn’t all that excited to visit Machu Picchu as we have slowly learnt to appreciate places with very few tourists and tend to avoid places with too many gringos, like ourselves. But we knew we’d regret it if we didn’t visit and we’ll probably never get the opportunity again. On the day we went there were of course lots of people but it really didn’t matter as it was such a wonderful place to visit. The architecture is so impressive, we marvelled at how they built it without metal tools or machinery.

There are two main ways you can access Machu Picchu, one is by walking the Inca Trail or the other is by train to the nearby town and then a bus… we didn’t do either. We camped at the hydro-electrical plant and hiked 11kms along the the railway lines (one way) which was 31kms in total including walking around Machu Picchu (its huge and not flat!). It was a long and tiring day, but we had a fantastic time!